I see. I must have read or misunderstood my textbook for some reason I thought i++ meant it displays the numbers in ascending order and i-- in descending order. What sorts of things can the last bit...

The rice and chessboard case = "Oh emperor, my wishes are simple. I only wish for this. Give me one grain of rice for the first square of the chessboard, two grains for the next square, four for the...